The Calosphaeriales are an
order of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
within the class
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...
containing 2 families. They are
saprophytes and have small fruiting bodies.
Subdivision
*Family Calosphaeriaceae
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Calosphaeria''
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Calosphaeriophora''
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Jattaea''
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Kacosphaeria''
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Pachytrype''
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Phaeocrella''
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Phragmocalosphaeria''
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Togniniella''
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Wegelina''
*Family Pleurostomataceae
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Pleurostoma
''Pleurostoma'' is a genus of fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are c ...
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Pleurostomophora''
*incertae Sedis
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Conidiotheca''
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Sulcatistroma''
References
Ascomycota orders
Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow
Taxa described in 1983
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